New Orleans There’s nothing perfect about nonprofits, especially these days when hospitals and many others operate like the greediest corporations almost as wolves in sheep’s clothing. Nonetheless, it was shocking, even if unsurprising in the dark cynicism of our modern times, to read about a recent study by medical researchers published in the New …
Action Meets Reaction: Legislators Try to Curtail Protests
New Orleans In high school chemistry one of the few things we all learned that made a permanent impression as an almost universal rule of life, is that for every action there is a reaction. The rising activism, resistance, and protest that has been a hallmark of grassroots action this year thus far is being …
Flipping the Script on Panthers’ Bobbie Seale and AFL-CIO’s Rich Trumka
New Orleans It’s a topsy-turvy world out there. What was down, is up, and what was up seems down, and we’re all looking for solid ground. Take Bobby Seale, the controversial political and cultural icon of the 1960s and former Chairmen of the Black Panther Party. Steve Early, labor representative and journalist (and regular …